A vague review of our first round mock, and grades

First off, our mock...kinda sucked. We only got 9 picks right and 2 of them were in completely different positions and on our Bengal mock, we got a total of zero picks right. But whatever. No one gets those right anyways.

So now it's time to grade the players before they even have a chance to hit the field

Jermaine Greshem - TE - Oklahoma
When I first saw this pick with Dez Bryant still on the board, I was livid. He was the best player there and could have been a dynamic #3 that not only could help now, but take over as the #1 when Chad decides to leave. However, I got this weird feeling of trusting the coaching staff to actually use Greshem (Although I'm sure that will bite me on the ass) so he can be a solid rookie contributor. It made me feel even better when a report came out that Bryant has an irregular heartbeat. I'm sure one out of the 3 people who read this will think I hate Bryant and that I'm sitting in my room, laughing at him for having a heart condition.
Pick grade - A

Carlos Dunlap - DE - Florida
As much as I hate character risks (Not talking about the DUI, but the effort concerns), I didn't mind this one. Dunlap was a great value pick and should help a questionable pass rush with Odom possibly not recovering 100%, Geathers sucking, and Fanene becoming ineffective towards the end of the year. Then we could be left with the ultimate boom or bust DE tandem in Dunlap and Michael Johnson. Zimmer should be able to light a fire under his ass, but a coaches success rate is never 100%. I hate how my mom is probably going to make some redneck Dunlap joke every single time he makes a play. Like, "He dun lap right around the tackle."
Pick grade - B-

Jordan Shipley - WR - Texas
I used to be very up and down about this pick, but I think I've come to liking it. Shipley can step in right away in the slot and catch anything that comes to him while being able to get good YAC and convert 3rd downs. He's a little Wes Welker-like and that's not just because he's white. My only issue is that Shipley's ceiling is just what I described. He'll never be a game changer and is already 25 or 26.
Pick grade - B

Brandon Ghee - CB - Wake Forest
I liked this pick just for the fact we ended his very lonely day in the green room. He's a very talented guy with tons of athletic ability, but never showed it all. He has hands of stone and needs to work on his technique but I feel like those can be worked on. He could possibly make a transition to safety although I feel like his best position would be nickel. The biggest problem is we could have picked a player who could make a better transition to safety and is an int machine. I'm of course talking about Akwasi Owusu-Ansah
Pick grade - B-

Geno Atkins - DT - Georgia
Atkins can be a player we need, but I don't trust him to fulfill that need. He disappears in games too often to trust him in anything but a light rotation. He could provide a pass rush on 3rd downs though. Imagine MJ - Odom - Atkins - Dunlap on 3rd and long. He was good value for a player who was supposed to go into the 3rd
Pick grade - B

Rod Muckleroy - LB - Texas
I can't say too much about him, but he can be a backup at Mike and can play STs. I don't think he can become a starter though but maybe a spot start guy who can perform while teh normal starter is out. But it's a 4th comp pick, so depth is key here in the later rounds
Pick grade - B

Otis Hudson - OG - Eastern Illinois
Who? Now I'm not going to grade a player badly becausde I've never heard of him, but seriously, why draft a player that even our coaches said "A what? kind of pick." The player himself said he was expecting to become an undrafted FA so I don't think there was a reason to draft him now. We could have gotten much better value with a player like Myron Rolle or Jonathan Dwhyer.
Pick grade - C- (Not an F because I can't grade him on actual gameplay or scout reports)

Dezmon Briscoe - WR - Kansas
Great value here. He produces on field, although everything else is unimpressive. The good thing about the pick is that we have time to develop him and we didn't waste an early pick to have to do so. It's too bad it will be nearly impossible to PS him, but he can still be good in 2 years.
Pick grade - A

Reggie Stephens - OG - Iowa State
I know nothing about him, but he's a 7th round pick. Eh
Pick grade - C

I'd give this draft a higher grade, but we completely ignored FS in the draft, which takes the draft down a bit.
Overall draft grade is a B-